People: Aug. 26, 2002

Did someone touch a nerve? GWYNETH PALTROW, who was enthusiastically embraced by the British press after her recent performance on the London stage, is now being pilloried. Her crime: suggesting that Englishmen lack a certain vigor when it comes to the opposite sex. In an interview with Now magazine, she revealed that she had been asked out only twice during her London stay. "British people don't seem to ask each other out on dates," she said. "If someone asked you out, they're really going out on a limb, whereas in America it...